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Walk In The Mill Fancied To Win Another Becher Chase

Walk In The Mill has completed three races around the Grand National course and that ‘Aintree Factor' makes the 10-year-old the bet at with to again win the Becher Chase (13.30) at Aintree on Saturday. The Grade 3 Class 1 handicap is run over three miles, one furlong and 188 yards of the full Grand[...]
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Captaintwinkletoes impresses on debut

Wanganui trainer Jo Rathbone has been riding the crest of a wave with quality jumper Tallyho Twinkletoe and she may have unearthed another top prospect in his half-brother, Captaintwinkletoes. The four-year-old son of Sufficient pleased Rathbone when finishing runner-up on debut over 2100m at Hawera on Saturday where he was only just beaten by stablemate[...]
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Career highlight for Kuru

Last season's premiership winning jumps jockey Aaron Kuru secured the biggest scalp of his riding career when taking out the Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) at Ballarat on Sunday aboard the Patrick Payne-trained Tallyho Twinkletoe. The duo have formed a formidable partnership, retaining their 100 percent strike-rate after combining to win the Grand National Hurdle (4200m)[...]
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History Beckons In Grand National Steeple

As champion jumper Wells attempts a record fourth Grand National Steeplechase success, rival Tallyho Twinkletoe will be racing for his own slice of history at Ballarat. Tallyho Twinkletoe aims to become the first horse on Sunday since Mosstrooper in 1930 to win the Grand National Hurdle-Steeplechase double in the same year. Mosstrooper won the Grand[...]
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